Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
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Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smilax lasioneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax lasioneura
INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilax herbacea var. lasioneura
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia lasioneuron
COMMON NAME:
Midwestern Carrionflower
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_flwrwad
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers in axillary umbels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wad199
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaf bases cordate, the leaf margins convex in outline, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wad2
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Stem herbaceous, lacking prickles. Plant vine-like, climbing or sprawling, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wm2
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wm3
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves pale green & dull below, & puberulent, at least on the veins, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Smilax lasioneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Smilax lasioneura
INCLUDED WITHIN
Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilax herbacea var. lasioneura
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia lasioneuron
2210
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils)
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, hammocks, bluff forests, pine-oak hickory submesic forests and woodlands, rich beech-magnolia forests on lower slopes, perhaps only over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in spherical umbels from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
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